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Neogaf Rock/Indie/Alt Music Thread (RockGAF?)
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I keep missing them every single time. Wish they would do a live event here in Birmingham. Sounds like my type of band live.
Speaking of which, the new Cheataahs is absolutely great. Enjoying it way more than the first album.
I like those guys live, seen them twice this year. Everyone I know hates them though. A shame.
Saw Metz yesterday, really good stuff and loud as fuck. Was funny seeing 2 guys in the crowd moshing, but not caring that they were literally the only 2 people in the entire audience doing it and bouncing through everyone anyway.
Was thinking of going to that Metz gig, but man Hare and Hound is just pain to get to for me.
Was a very mixed age crowd in Birmingham, so I guess that's it.
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
I think I just found my new favorite band, Local Natives. Heard one of their songs in a recent game and started snooping online and fell in love.
Any other bands with a similar sound and tone?
Any other bands with a similar sound and tone?
Yeah, great band. As for suggestions: The Antlers are kinda close. You could also try Efterklang or Low Roar.
Bombay Bicycle Club?
They went to a more electronic sound on their latest, but they had a pretty similar sound previously.
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
Hmm, didn't really dig The Antlers, I'll try Low Roar and Efterklang.
This however is pretty fucking spot on from some of the early samples I've been listening too!
Maybe the genera is indie folk I should be looking for and not just indie rock?
I am not familiar with any if the bands posted but of you want Folk Rock recommendation maybe I should also tell you some of my favourites. maybe it may be to your liking
Life in Film (More Brit-pop than Folk but you might their tingly sound they have)
Here we Go Magic (although their last album is absolute rubbish)
We Were Evergreen (A bit more electronic that you might expect but their early EPs had more folk going on)
Stairouais
Member
I'm so bummed by the Deerhunter recent live output. P4k was shit, but I kinda put it on the atrocious sound.
Rewatching the performance on VOD tends to show how Bradford Cox clearly doesn't give a shit. (Although, not one member of the band seems into it)
I'm seeing them again next week in a much smaller space, I hope he gets his shit together.
Edit: Yeah, it's still Hit or miss, it seems.
Rewatching the performance on VOD tends to show how Bradford Cox clearly doesn't give a shit. (Although, not one member of the band seems into it)
I'm seeing them again next week in a much smaller space, I hope he gets his shit together.
Edit: Yeah, it's still Hit or miss, it seems.
As far as indie folk goes, stuff like Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes should be good for someone who's into Local Natives.
Hopefully Deerhunter is in good form when I see them. Looking forward to it, last time they were really on point. One of the better gigs in my memory.
Anyways, tonight is the Beach House gig
Hopefully Deerhunter is in good form when I see them. Looking forward to it, last time they were really on point. One of the better gigs in my memory.
Anyways, tonight is the Beach House gig
Same, though I did see them three times when they toured before. It was pretty great, shitty vocals and all.
Antlers are great, and were kind of amazing on the Burst Apart tour.
Last album and tour disappointed, though.
HOLY SHIT
Miike Snow are back
https://soundcloud.com/miikesnow/miike-snow-heart-is-full
Not big on the track yet, but maybe its going to imitate every other song they have got since there aren't any I have liked through the first listen
Thread worthy right there!
Miike Snow are back
https://soundcloud.com/miikesnow/miike-snow-heart-is-full
Not big on the track yet, but maybe its going to imitate every other song they have got since there aren't any I have liked through the first listen
Thread worthy right there!
Macadinho94
Member
I usually take Rolling Stone recommendations with a pinch of salt but check our Sports new album "All of Something". Enjoyable Indie Rock album from the first listen.
Really reminds me of Hop Along, thanks for posting, I've enjoyed what I listened to so far.
Never been fan of their hookey, fake romantic lyrics and their mundane way of playing. I thought it was just be being irrational, but seeing them cemented that. They just looked like boy bands playing with guitar.
Burst Apart and Familiars are respectively 90% and 100% boring but gd if Hospice wasn't a super deep important album when I was ~18. like it less now but it's still solid, In the Attic of the Universe is just as good and still has a recognizable and welcome Microphones influence, Undersea is far better than the similarly styled LPs that came before and after.
two bands I didn't see mentioned as riyls for Local Natives: Band of Horses and Grizzly Bear
two bands I didn't see mentioned as riyls for Local Natives: Band of Horses and Grizzly Bear
Fake romantic lyrics? Mundane way of playing? Nothing you say here makes any sense.
Messofanego
Banned
METZ live were amazing! Recorded a bunch of the set. Never headbanged as much ever at a concert. Neck hurts now! XD
Beach House were indeed great. Saw them at Halloween here in London. Vocalist is hilarious. Was throwing out candy at the end. Lovely light show. Their support act, Dustin Wong, was no slouch either with that experimental guitar stuff.
Mono, Ghostpoet, and Chelsea Wolfe next on the docket for November. Can't wait.
Beach House were indeed great. Saw them at Halloween here in London. Vocalist is hilarious. Was throwing out candy at the end. Lovely light show. Their support act, Dustin Wong, was no slouch either with that experimental guitar stuff.
Mono, Ghostpoet, and Chelsea Wolfe next on the docket for November. Can't wait.
Viet Cong and Girls Names have both released great albums this year.
Macadinho94
Member
The Libertines fall into the garage rock genre I guess. Their first album "Up the Bracket" was amazing.
forgeforsaken
Member
Has anyone see Dilly Dally live? They are coming around here in a few weeks.
Messofanego
Banned
Metz
Civil Civic
Young Knives
Kinski
Iceage
Algiers
Lower
I saw Protomartyr in the Metz concert, couldn't get over how much the vocalist looked like David Cameron, our prime minister
Always had a drink on him and a hand in his pocket.Breh, I like you. But this post makes zero sense. Really
METZ live were amazing! Recorded a bunch of the set. Never headbanged as much ever at a concert. Neck hurts now! XD
Beach House were indeed great. Saw them at Halloween here in London. Vocalist is hilarious. Was throwing out candy at the end. Lovely light show. Their support act, Dustin Wong, was no slouch either with that experimental guitar stuff.
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Mono, Ghostpoet, and Chelsea Wolfe next on the docket for November. Can't wait.[/QUOTE]
Yeah I heard the support act was pretty good too but I missed it. I usually come very late. I loved the visuals by the way, nice pic.
chris121580
Member
Randomly heard a song by on XMU by Car Seat Headrest this morning and absolutely loved it. Checked out the album this morning and it's just awesome.
Something Soon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjnEkJa2Law
Review from AV Club:
Car Seat Headrest (Will Toledo) has been cranking out commendable, although not entirely memorable, lo-fi bedroom pop for the past five years at an alarming rate. Toledos prolific output (11 self-released Bandcamp albums) is enough to make Robert Pollard raise a salty salute, but with Headrests 2015 release How To Leave Town, Toledos ambitions seemed to be outpacing his abilities. Thats why Teens Of Style is such a pleasant surprise; a sprawling, shambolic, post-everything revelation. Though lets be clear that Toledo is not reinventing the wheel. Bright horn blasts cut through dissonance, recalling Neutral Milk Hotel and The Ladybug Transistor, while Toledos distortion-mic delivery is a dead ringer for Julian Casablancas.
While the influences are clear, Toledo is upfront about it. Theres no attempt to hide behind snark or irony, and while much of the record is awash in reverb and wall of noise haze, Toledo maintains the hooks and accessibility that always made him attractive. With Teens, Toledo has reworked material from the first three years of his bands existence, culling the best bits from 3 (2010), My Back Is Killing Me Baby (2011), and Monomania (2012) and reconstructing them on fresh sonic palettes. Where the original versions felt constrained and limited by production restraints, Teens allows Toledo the room to explore and treat each song as a mini epic. Standout tracks Times To Die and Los Borrachos (I Dont Have Any Hope Left, But The Weather Is Nice) crack the five-minute mark without wallowing in psych excess, as Toledo reins in laptop noodling for tight composition.
Toledos songwriting has always been his strong suit, and his ruminations on well-worn themes of unrequited love, alienation, and teenage rebellion are spiked with wisdom. On the raucous single Something Soon Toledo laments, I want to break something important / I want to kick my dad in the shins without sounding like a bratty teen. Where M83s Saturdays=Youth delivered a dream-pop document of John Hughes-era romanticism, Teens, in its own scruffy way, is the final death knell for the synth nostalgia movement. Those familiar with Toledos back catalog will marvel at the reworking of their favorite tracks, while the uninitiated will likely discover a bright young talent and wonder how the hell theyve been missing out.
Something Soon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjnEkJa2Law
Review from AV Club:
Car Seat Headrest (Will Toledo) has been cranking out commendable, although not entirely memorable, lo-fi bedroom pop for the past five years at an alarming rate. Toledos prolific output (11 self-released Bandcamp albums) is enough to make Robert Pollard raise a salty salute, but with Headrests 2015 release How To Leave Town, Toledos ambitions seemed to be outpacing his abilities. Thats why Teens Of Style is such a pleasant surprise; a sprawling, shambolic, post-everything revelation. Though lets be clear that Toledo is not reinventing the wheel. Bright horn blasts cut through dissonance, recalling Neutral Milk Hotel and The Ladybug Transistor, while Toledos distortion-mic delivery is a dead ringer for Julian Casablancas.
While the influences are clear, Toledo is upfront about it. Theres no attempt to hide behind snark or irony, and while much of the record is awash in reverb and wall of noise haze, Toledo maintains the hooks and accessibility that always made him attractive. With Teens, Toledo has reworked material from the first three years of his bands existence, culling the best bits from 3 (2010), My Back Is Killing Me Baby (2011), and Monomania (2012) and reconstructing them on fresh sonic palettes. Where the original versions felt constrained and limited by production restraints, Teens allows Toledo the room to explore and treat each song as a mini epic. Standout tracks Times To Die and Los Borrachos (I Dont Have Any Hope Left, But The Weather Is Nice) crack the five-minute mark without wallowing in psych excess, as Toledo reins in laptop noodling for tight composition.
Toledos songwriting has always been his strong suit, and his ruminations on well-worn themes of unrequited love, alienation, and teenage rebellion are spiked with wisdom. On the raucous single Something Soon Toledo laments, I want to break something important / I want to kick my dad in the shins without sounding like a bratty teen. Where M83s Saturdays=Youth delivered a dream-pop document of John Hughes-era romanticism, Teens, in its own scruffy way, is the final death knell for the synth nostalgia movement. Those familiar with Toledos back catalog will marvel at the reworking of their favorite tracks, while the uninitiated will likely discover a bright young talent and wonder how the hell theyve been missing out.
Busy figuring out what I wanna see at Le Guess Who?, quite the schedule to plow trough.
Thursday: Julia Holter -> Saltland -> Faust -> Ought
Friday: The Besnard Lakes -> Titus Andronicus (leave early) -> Protomartyr -> Swervedriver (leave early) -> Metz (leave early) -> Evil Superstars -> Viet Cong -> A Place To Bury Strangers
Sunday: Föllakzoid -> Mikal Cronin + Strings -> Ariel Pink or Jacco Gardner -> The Pop Group or Os Mutantes -> Atlas Sound + Deerhunter
Got thursday, friday and sunday pretty much figured out. Some tough clashes still on sunday though. And I'll have to skip the last 10/15 minutes from some gigs on friday sadly. The schedule pain is real.
Thursday: Julia Holter -> Saltland -> Faust -> Ought
Friday: The Besnard Lakes -> Titus Andronicus (leave early) -> Protomartyr -> Swervedriver (leave early) -> Metz (leave early) -> Evil Superstars -> Viet Cong -> A Place To Bury Strangers
Sunday: Föllakzoid -> Mikal Cronin + Strings -> Ariel Pink or Jacco Gardner -> The Pop Group or Os Mutantes -> Atlas Sound + Deerhunter
Got thursday, friday and sunday pretty much figured out. Some tough clashes still on sunday though. And I'll have to skip the last 10/15 minutes from some gigs on friday sadly. The schedule pain is real.
Macadinho94
Member
Saw Chastity Belt with Death for Cab Cutie last night. Great show. Got talking to the band after the show last night and they were awesome.
Still debating seeing Bully next week. Anyone been to one of their shows and recommend it?
Still debating seeing Bully next week. Anyone been to one of their shows and recommend it?
Serpentine
Banned
Yep! Had a good time when i saw them a few weeks back
I would also recommend it, which makes sense because iirc Serpentine and I saw the same show hah. They sound almost exactly the same as on record, rocked mostly without stopping, and alicia's banter was personable and funny.
Yes. They were really, really good. Alicia Bognanno sounds even better live and she was good with the crowd. Just a fun show all around.
Macadinho94
Member
Awesome, gotta find someone to go now but that shouldn't be too hard considering tickets are cheap as hell
Really enjoying Teen Styles from Car Seat Headrest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjnEkJa2Law
This fucking song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjnEkJa2Law
This fucking song
Someone killed that link, here's another one https://youtu.be/pfjDNCQQaFU
The track is great, but the album man...I needs it.
Ahhhh, these are the guys I keep hearing on the radio and keep intending to write their name down, but never do. Really good stuff.